[Xbox 360] Red Lights Of Doom [Xbox 360][Help]

Have you tried the towel trick? wrap it up in two towels and turn it on for some span of time(like 15 or 5 min or sumthing like that) then turn it off for a while. and then turn it back on. of course this is a rumor and there was a video of it working somewhere but not sure if it was real or not (looked real enough lol)

Here's a general guide:

ONE RED LIGHT - This is the worst one. It's a serious hardware failure and can't be solved by restarting the machine. It's rare, but if you do get this error message, a quick call to the tech support line in the manual is in order to get your console replaced.

TWO RED LIGHTS - This is a very rarely spotted overheating error. Switch the machine off and let it cool down.

THREE RED LIGHTS - Bad news! This is the hardware failure message. It can also be caused by a power supply failure though, so try powering down ans cooling everything off before panicking and crying.

FOUR RED LIGHTS - TV cable not connected properly. Don't call Microsoft about this. They'll just tell you to plug it in and you'll feel very stupid.

WIRELESS CONTROLLER BUTTON FLASHING - Everything's okay, you just need to charge up the battery.

Yeah, I've looked it up, and i'm sending it off to Microsoft tomorrow.

I'm keeping hard drive though.

Hope they send another one with new Xbox ! xD

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Originally Posted by Konrow

Have you tried the towel trick? wrap it up in two towels and turn it on for some span of time(like 15 or 5 min or sumthing like that) then turn it off for a while. and then turn it back on. of course this is a rumor and there was a video of it working somewhere but not sure if it was real or not (looked real enough lol)

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It works, but i don't see the point to it, because while i doubt anything will go wrong, it's still not smart to do, besides you gotta send it sometime...

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Originally Posted by Konrow

Have you tried the towel trick? wrap it up in two towels and turn it on for some span of time(like 15 or 5 min or sumthing like that) then turn it off for a while. and then turn it back on. of course this is a rumor and there was a video of it working somewhere but not sure if it was real or not (looked real enough lol)

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To be honest. That's probably the dumbest idea I've ever heard on fixing an x360. Doing that is the best way to cause heat damage to the thing. O.O

NoPeace - out

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Originally Posted by Konrow

Have you tried the towel trick? wrap it up in two towels and turn it on for some span of time(like 15 or 5 min or sumthing like that) then turn it off for a while. and then turn it back on. of course this is a rumor and there was a video of it working somewhere but not sure if it was real or not (looked real enough lol)

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My first one never broke and I had it for a year, the reason i returned it and got a new one it was because my DVD rom was going bad, funny thing is I've never gotten the 3 red lights with my first one. the new one is doing good so far!

lots of people say thier xbox 360 are having trouble mine is having trouble but i got red light but i just had to wait and within a week it went maybe you should send it back to microsoft to get a new one

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Originally Posted by NoPeace

To be honest. That's probably the dumbest idea I've ever heard on fixing an x360. Doing that is the best way to cause heat damage to the thing. O.O

NoPeace - out

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Well it can't really be damaged, when it gets hot it just disables most, if not all, hardware to keep it from burning out.

My 360 was out of warranty, but MS said it gets put back into it if you have the red lights problem. Been a month now and no sign of my 360 back lol.

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Originally Posted by bigie

My 360 was out of warranty, but MS said it gets put back into it if you have the red lights problem. Been a month now and no sign of my 360 back lol.

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Yes they extended warranty to 3 years for 3 red lights problem, due to high volume of complaints. A month? Damn! I just had mine break the other day got picked up on Monday and they said it should be back in 20 days....

I got mine in 2 weeks. I dont know why it takes long for you guys..

Got it back yesterday, they said 25 days. Expected I guess.